Thursday, January 7, 2021

Welcome to 2020 Ai Fans + First Cardmaking Challenge of 2020 : Resolutions



Hello, Ai Fans!

Welcome to a new year! We are so grateful for each and every one of you, and hope that you had a blessed holiday season with your families.

We are so excited to be welcoming in 2021 with you and our entire team. We are hard at work on the new release for 2021, so make sure that you're signed up for our newsletter to make sure you get updates for any and all new releases. 

For those of you who crafted over the long holiday, we would love to see your creations shared below!


Welcome to our first Feature of 2021!

Jil joins us with some inspiration for our new challenge!

Hello Ai fans!

Happy New Year!  It's time for a new Challenge on the Art Impressions blog.  It's all about Resolutions.  Did you make a New Year Resolution? Be sure to enter for the chance to win free stamps.  I used the Yoga Set Girlfriends stamp set to create my card.


I stamped the image onto Canson XL watercolor paper with the Versafine Clair Nocturne ink pad.


colored the image with Daniel Smith watercolors.  I always limit the amount of colors I use when coloring such a busy image.


I used the Banner Double Stitched dies to cut a small piece from yellow shimmery paper.  I didn't need to cut the entire piece of yellow paper.


I added the yellow piece to a pink card base.  I added the focal image on with foam tape.


To finish the card, I added a greeting from the Practically Perfect Girlfriends set.

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!


Inspired? Check out the challenge rules below, and enter your creation!




It's a New Year, with new inspiration, and a new challenge! We want to see your best "New Year's Resolution" card, whether that's about losing the quarantine weight, getting older, spending time with friends, you name it! We want to see your goals for 2021!
If you're looking for some starter ideas, check out our Funny FarmWork & PlayGirlfriends, or Ai People on our Pinterest Page


We want to see how you create your Resolution-themed card! Though you can use any stamps you have, we'd love to see any Art Impressions products in your collection!
Hurry, challenge closes Wednesday, January 20th at 5PM PT!


Here are the Challenge Rules...
✻ Please make a new card or creation. You can make any crafty item you wish; this is not limited to cards!
✻ Limit two submissions per person. You will receive extra votes if you use Art Impressions stamps!
✻ The Ai Challenge is open to everyone, international submissions are welcome!
✻ Include a link back to the Ai Blog or grab our button on the top right of our sidebar!
✻ Share the Ai love by clicking and commenting your fellow crafters.
✻ Make sure to get your link up by the deadline to enter your creations.
✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter


Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday on Wednesday Live with Bonnie, for her
FIRST live project of 2021!!!

She created a serene mountain scene using several of our new sets

Here is a link to the supplies you'll need for this project : 

Don't forget, you can always watch the videos after they air here : 

See you back next week with our usual Watercolor Wednesday on YouTube!



2 comments:

KathyA. said...

What a fun challenge to start off the year. (I do have to tell you that reading the post made me giggle. I know you meant to welcome us to 2021... not 2020! We are all soooo over 2020!) It always takes me about 3 months to get used to the new date, so the oops actually is affirming. Thanks for that!) Kathy A from myasperations.blogspot.com

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